visage
vis·age / ˈvizij/ • n. [usu. in sing.] poetic/lit. a person's face, with reference to the form or proportions of the features: an elegant, angular visage. ∎ a person's facial expression: there was something hidden behind his visage of cheerfulness. ∎ fig. the surface of an object presented to view: the moonlit visage of the port's whitewashed buildings.DERIVATIVES: vis·aged adj. [in comb.] a stern-visaged old man.
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